My Guide to finding Joy with the Earth
Go alone or with someone as weird as you
follow your intuition and breath with it
follow joy and curiosity and whatever stirs your glee
listen
sing!
watch
great the animals as fellow kin
ask them what they are up to and how their day is going
share the space with them, you are a guest
lay on your belly or back if you want to
fart and burp freely, let your body be held loved and accepted by the space
smell the soil, try a blade of grass (if its safe to do so)
meld with the environment for a moment or many moments
feel the wind
feel the ground
feel the sun
feel the cold
notice the plants they've been noticing you
spit out the grass, that's enough chewing
hear the bird calls
take a selfie to remember the relaxed look in your face, and then put your phone away
connect back to the Earth
watch the trees be swept by the wind
enjoy the wind
enjoy it all
repeat
oh shit, i forgot, i often forget
always:
Thank the Land.
see you next time, sweet Earth
My Guid is about using playfulness, awareness, gentleness to develop a relationship with the natural world. The honestly of burping and farting freely helps my body arrive in a place, to release, to land, to meld. Ultimately I am listening for truth, or what's alive in me, today. The process of settling into an environment helps with this process. The questions come, am i able to arrive, where am in distracted, is there something i need to attend to? What is the wind doing today? what part of fall or winter or spring are we in? What are the birds doing? That blade of grass looks interesting, i dont think they use pesticides here, what if i tried chewing on it?
Having moments to just explore, and feel, and observe, and feel again are some of my most treasured experiences with the natural world. My Guide to Finding Joy With the Earth contains some of the ways that I do that.
